James Conner is not going to play once more this season, in keeping with an ESPN report, after sustaining a severe ankle harm within the Arizona Cardinals’ 16-15 defeat to the San Francisco 49ers yesterday.
The 30-year-old working again went down after a one-yard run early within the third quarter with the severity of the harm swiftly obvious with gamers from each groups taking a knee in solidarity with the Cardinals captain earlier than he was carted off the sector.
In keeping with ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Conner has been dominated out for the season and his proper ankle would require surgical procedure.
He means every thing – Murray hails stricken Conner
“It’s unlucky,” stated Arizona quarterback Kyler Murray. “Simply not solely is he my teammate, I really feel like that’s a brother of mine. Simply to see him go down like that, you by no means wish to see that. I perceive it’s a part of the sport, however it’s not ideally suited. All of the work that he places in and simply who he’s as an individual, you don’t wish to see him get damage like that. Yeah, it’s robust.
“He’s every thing, means every thing.”
Trey Benson is now anticipated to step as much as turn out to be the staff’s first-choice working again, not that he was displaying any indicators of pleasure after the sport.
“It’s one among my greatest associates on the staff,” Benson stated of Conner. “He was like a giant brother to me – my mentor. He taught me loads of stuff right here, so it was robust [to watch].”
Conner, who was coming off back-to-back 1,000-yard seasons, is below contract with Arizona till 2026.
